The book starts with her birth in Lowell Massachusetts and takes you through her childhood, her theater days, Hollywood, her four husbands, her children, and beyond.
If you're looking for Hollywood gossip, this isn't the book you want this book is about Bette and how she became the actress we all know. This autobiography was written by Bette Davis herself in 1962, and she added a couple of chapters in the 80’s to update the book.
The Lonely Life proves conclusively that the legendary image of Bette Davis is not a fable but a marvelous reality.Įven as a small child in an orphanage, Bette knew the power of drama when her Santa outfit caught fire. The book was updated with new material in the 1980s, bringing the story up to the end of Davis' life - all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life. I was going to conquer the world." A bold, unapologetic book by a unique and formidable woman, The Lonely Life details the first 50-plus years of Davis' life - her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed. I rode into the field with sword gleaming and standard flying.
The Lonely Life proves conclusively that the legendary image of Bette Davis is not a fable but a marvelous reality.Originally published in 1962, The Lonely Life is legendary silver screen actress Bette Davis' lively and riveting account of her life, loves, and marriages - updated with an afterword she wrote just before her death.Īs Davis says in the opening lines of her classic memoir, "I have always been driven by some distant music - a battle hymn, no doubt - for I have been at war from the beginning. The book was updated with new material in the 1980s, bringing the story up to the end of Davis's life-all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life. I was going to conquer the world." A bold, unapologetic book by a unique and formidable woman, The Lonely Life details the first fifty-plus years of Davis's life-her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed. Putnam's Sons publishers, New York hardbound in blue boards with red lettering on spine book in quite good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket in fair/poor condition with tears along edges - see pics black and white photos.Īs Davis says in the opening lines of her classic memoir: "I have always been driven by some distant music-a battle hymn, no doubt-for I have been at war from the beginning.
0 kommentar(er)
